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flesh was wet and soft; the livers appeared to be rotten, and the 
kidneys were pale in colour and had a bad smell. The carcases of 
the sheep were removed to the depot between eight and nine o’clock 
on Friday evening. 
By Mr. Granger. —Six sheep were dressed and four were in process 
of dressing. Witness remained in the slaughter-house until the four 
were dressed. Mr. Jackson never made any attempt to conceal the 
fact that the sheep were his. 
Mr. Granger. —Did you tell Mr. Jackson where you were going to 
remove the sheep to? 
Witness. —I said I was going to remove them to the bad meat 
depot. 
Mr. Granger. —Is the bad meat depot well ventilated? 
Witness. —There is a skylight in the top of it. (Laughter.) 
Mr. Bruce. —I should judge, from what Dr. Robinson said, 
that there is no ventilation at all. 
By Mr. Granger. —It is a badly ventilated place. Mr. Jackson 
may have said (although I do not remember) that he would pay for 
the services of policemen to watch the slaughter-house, provided 
the carcases were allowed to remain. 
Mr. Granger. —You have had some experience, Mr. Newhouse, 
in these cases ? 
Witness. —1 have. 
Mr. Granger. —And what business were you brought up in? 
Witness. —The greater part of my life I have been at sea. 
Mr. Granger .—Not as a butcher? 
Witness. —No. 
Mr. Granger. — Nor instructed in examining cattle as in this case ? 
Witness. —Not until the last eight years. 
Mr. Granger. —And will you pledge your oath that this meat was 
not fit for human food ? 
Witness replied, that he would not pledge anything of the kind, 
although he considered that the mutton was not eatable. 
J. H. Ferguson , F.S., Upper Fountaine Street, said that he 
examined the carcases of the sheep a little before mid-day on 
Saturday. The livers of nine out of the ten sheep were rotten. At 
this season of the year sheep were very liable to be attacked with 
fluke, but in this instance the livers were diseased independently of 
fluke. The flesh presented the appearance of being dropsical. Meat 
so affected was unsound. 
Mr. Granger. —Will you swear that it was not fit for the food 
of man ? 
Witness. —It was unsound. 
The Town Clerk raised an objection to the question. 
Mr. Bruce said that it would be enough, so far as regarded the 
prosecution, to prove that the meat was unsound ; but, at the same 
time, it would be more satisfactory to prove further the exact condi¬ 
tion of the carcases. 
Mr. Granger. — Every beast or sheep killed, then, is unsound? 
Witness. —No, not necessarily so. He could not say whether the 
